Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10

Chemical Bank of New York for $780,,
900. Wiltshire was efrsid to Gerry the
money lest 1t be attached, and 1t was ar
ranged Gshr should go with him. Gshr
was instructed TO not give up the money
without guarantee. n xt morning he
repeated this warning by telegraph,
and was answered that IL
was too late. He then stopped payment
of the drafts. He became affected at this
point, and Wipipg his eyes went on to say
now he put all his money into the bank to
save it only to see other directors walk
in spd check theirs out. Only Zim-
norman of all the directors offered
any assistance. Then the government
came in, and the end was reached.
Counsel next asked whether he had
ever had or ordered any wheat transsc-
ton with brokers in Chicago, naming
them, and he returned the same answer.
In February, 1887, he had q conversation
with Hopkins about the Irwin, Green &
Co. matter, and told him he thought it
was dishonest about TIE S2s5, 900 trans
action with the Fidelity Bank. He had
no knowledge Whatever until told OF IL
in jail at Dayton. "Hopkins had trans
actions through Hoyt with Kershaw
& Co., and ne was trying to
hedge against our losses by Wiltshire.
loaned money to Hopkins" said the
witness, "and paid drafts for him, but l
used my own money and never took q
penny out of the banks fund for this
purpose. Hopkins went in $50 600 with
another broker and helped him. This
was paid back and the money went into
the bank There was also some profit.
This also was hedgiugpe Grafton"
The witness W&s then examined as to
the assets of SWift's Iron and Steel
Works, the Riverside rolling mill 6rm Ct
Z L Harper & Co., and himself. he made
the aggregate several million dollars and
said all transactions of these
companies and firms with the
Fidelity Bank were legitimate.
His evil genius seemed to have come to
him at the very last. He was now about
to leave the etand Mr.. Blackburn again
asked him if he had anything to do with
Mr. Hopkins wheat deal through broker
Hoyt. He answered that he paid Hopkins
drafts, but ne did it 10 protect the bank.
81 wss Interested through Hopkins to
that extent. We wanted first TO protect
the interests of the bank, and after that
was done, if there was any profit left it
was to be divided between Hopkins and
myself"
A sensation ran through the courtroom
as these words were uttered. Mr.. Black
burn to break the force Of the admission,
asked:
"Did you at any time have any interest
in all these transactions to deiraud the
bank or anybody else?"
q None in the wOrlt 3" was the answer.
Miss Matthews st this point was OBJ
served to be in tears. The cross-examina-
ton was brief and pointed. Il brought
cut the single fact that he purchased GER
tificates of deposits with his own checks,
which were not charged to his account.
Two or three other witnesses, Nj. GAhr,
Richards and Woodrough, were called,
mainly to tell about Harper's assets, but
the government counsel dismissed most
Of them without Cross-eXaminatiOn or by
drawing from them some damaging
testimony. The only comfort obtained
was in the testimony of Mr.. Marchan of
the First National Bank, who showed
Harper had deposits in that bank in 1886
aud 1887. The testimony is not quite
closed but certainly will be to-day.